Articles from November 2007
Posted by Thanos on November 30, 2007
Culture that is appealing, vibrant, and of value always endures - while culture that is lifeless, ugly and valueless fades and is forgotten like Parthian sculpture. Greco-Roman styling washed over the Assyrian and Babylonian styles and overcame them.Greco-Roman was more appealing, enduring, and true. A Greco-Roman boar sculpture would not have a head disproportionate to the body for instance, even if it the [...]
Categories: Art, Blogging, Freedom |
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Posted by Thanos on November 30, 2007
In a clear sign of where the hate of extremists originates, a lynch mob of thousands of Muslims formed after Friday prayers in the Sudan calling for the death of a British teacher. The teacher had allowed one of her students to call their teddy-bear Mohammed. Sentenced to a lesser charge, she will serve fifteen [...]
Categories: All Jacked up, Freedom, Journalism, Muslim Brotherhood |
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Posted by Thanos on November 28, 2007
The first obscured by trees, the second sailing free above the trees.
Categories: Blogging |
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Posted by Thanos on November 27, 2007
This one’s pretty good, ISO 400 / 300 mm lens , you can really see some crater definition when you blow it up.
Categories: Art, Blogging |
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Posted by Thanos on November 27, 2007
Yesterday I told of the cowardly Al Qaeda fighter who disguised himself as a bride, here he is — interupted before he could get to the altar.
Categories: Al Qaeda, Iraq |
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Posted by Thanos on November 26, 2007
Tonight’s moon, ISO 100 / 300 mm lens.
Categories: Art, Blogging |
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Posted by Thanos on November 26, 2007
Al Qaeda leader(?) Osama Bin Laden is going to release a new tape shortly since his last was such a dud on the pop music charts. In the meantime, they’ve captured his bride in Iraq, his bride is definitely more attractive than Ahmadinejad’s wife…
Seriously, UBL does have a new tape coming out, and they did [...]
Categories: Al Qaeda, Iraq, Terrorism |
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Posted by Thanos on November 26, 2007
Bill Roggio has a report of a false-flag Quds force attack on the 24th in Baghdad. Apparently the Pet Market bombing was designed to simulate an Al Qaeda in Iraq attack in order to build support for the Sadrist or Iranian militias. Full story at The Long War Journal.
Categories: Iran, Iraq, Terrorism |
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Posted by Thanos on November 26, 2007
Bureaucrats are a boring, dusty, dull, but very necessary evil. They manage processes, and filing, and protocol for governments and business across the planet with means arcane to people of reason, and they usually know when it’s right to use the blue form, and when it’s right to use the yellow form.
They are that necessary layer [...]
Categories: Freedom, Iraq, Politics |
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Posted by Thanos on November 26, 2007
The Pakistani army has upped the tempo of it’s offensive in Pakistan, switching from air and artillery attacks to an advancing ground offensive. They’ve also blockaded the region, cutting off food to the Fazlullah Taliban insurgents. They’ve also started up a jamming station to block “Radio Maulana’s” voice.
From the Daily Times:
MINGORA: Security forces backed by [...]
Categories: Al Qaeda, Military, Pakistan, Politics, Taliban, Terrorism |
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Posted by Thanos on November 25, 2007
The gibbous moon wanes – if you look closely at the top of the shadow waning, you will see some definition, a chasm or crack in the crater wall. You can also see some definition in the crater walls near the creeping shadow. This takes clicking on the thumbnail and using the magnify feature of [...]
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Posted by Thanos on November 25, 2007
The story is at Little Green Footballs – but this is the first real test for Sarkozy since entering office. Let us hope he responds firmly. More from La Parisienne via Nidra Poller:
Le Parisien reports that they burned down a Peugeot dealership, sacked a train station and shops, tore up a McDonald’s, stole the day’s [...]
Categories: France, Terrorism |
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Posted by Thanos on November 24, 2007
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Ok this first try is a bit too bright, not enough contrast so I dropped the next one down to ISO 100…
Categories: Blogging |
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Posted by Thanos on November 24, 2007
Where is the British spirit? Have they sunk so low they would treat their heroes this way with little said to gainsay it? (h/t Weasel Zippers)
Soldiers who suffered appalling injuries in Iraq and Afghanistan were verbally abused as they swam in a public swimming pool.
During a weekly rehabilitation class at a council leisure centre, 15 [...]
Categories: Afghanistan, Iraq, Military, UK |
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Posted by Thanos on November 23, 2007
Tonight’s full moon obscured by clouds, I had to set ISO to 1600 to get this.
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And since that came out dreary and dim, here’s an object d’art to muse upon.
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Posted by Thanos on November 23, 2007
In a new alliance of Northern Flemish Centrist parties and the liberal left parties has voted down the latest provocative move by Vlaams Belang to split Belgium. From Euronews:
A move by Belgium’s far-right Vlaams Belang to split the country in two has been blocked by lawmakers from the Flemish north and French-speaking south teaming up [...]
Categories: Belgium |
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Posted by Thanos on November 23, 2007
This New York Times article details some of the downside to windfarms that I described last year, it’s a good read to understand all of the issues and costs of wind-generated power. Some solutions could be batteries, capacitors, etc. but those also come with environmental costs. Windfarms are a semi-viable source of energy, but to [...]
Categories: Energy, The Future, Wind Energy |
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Posted by Thanos on November 22, 2007
The Musharraf-selected Pakistan Supreme Court has now cleared the final challenge to President Musharraf’s election in parliament from October, and it’s expected that he will be sworn in when he returns from the pilgrimage to Mecca. Unknown at this time is whether or not he will stay true to word and remove his uniform by resigning [...]
Categories: Pakistan, Politics |
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Posted by Thanos on November 22, 2007
A gibbous moon near rounded full, too bright for ISO 800, knocked it down to 400 for this.
Categories: Art, Blogging |
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Posted by Thanos on November 20, 2007
There are 305 Private Security Contractors held captive in Iraq and Iran according to Brookings institute;this is the story of one.
Categories: Freedom, Iraq, Military, War |
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